كناب

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Arabic

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Etymology

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From the root ك ن ب (k-n-b). Since this is not a well-known root, apparently a dissimilation of كِمَام (kimām) or كِنَان (kinān) or another formation of either roots, and other forms within the root are denominal from the designation of this plant-part.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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كِنَاب (kinābm

  1. a stalk of the raceme of a palm tree upon which the dates are gathered

Declension

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References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “كناب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 62a
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “كناب”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 933b
  • Růžička, Rudolf (1909) “Konsonantische Dissimilation in den semitischen Sprachen”, in Beiträge zur Assyriologie und semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[3] (in German), volume VI, number 4, Leipzig · Baltimore: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung · The Johns Hopkins Press, page 92